JGR Class 960

JGR Class 960
963 (former JGR 5308) at an unknown date.
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	JGR's Hamamatsu Works
Build date	1882 – 1890 (JGR Class 5300)
Total produced	22
Classification	4-4-2T
Dimensions	35 ft 6 in × Unknown × 12 ft 1 in
Rail gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Service information
Years in-service	1921 – 1960s
Running numbers	960 – 981
Disposition details
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	22

The JGR Class 960 was a 4-4-2T Atlantic-type side tank steam locomotive built for the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) network between 1921-1923.

History

The Class 960 were used mainly as freight locomotives and were some of the first locomotives that were constructed by being converted from another locomotive. Between 1921-1923, twenty-two Class 5300 4-4-0 tender locomotives were converted to tank engine form at the JNR's own Hamamatsu Works and were used from there. Little else survives about the locomotives' lengthy service life; eventually being retired in the 1960s.

No locomotives survived into preservation. However, the number plate from #977 survived and is preserved at the Railway Museum in Saitama, Japan.